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mike c		#1 Posted : 29 September 2016 17:22:34(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 28/11/2007(UTC) Posts: 7,890 Location: Montreal, QC		This morning, a NJ Transit train heading to Hoboken, NJ's NJ Transit Station failed to stop, crashed through the buffers and smashed into the concourse. Initial reports state over 100 injured and a few deceased. More information available via news sources. Hoboken Station is an important transfer point between NJ Transit (multiple lines), the PATH subway network and the Hoboken Bus and Ferry Terminals http://www.njtransit.com...rail/Rail_System_Map.pdf https://www.yahoo.com/ne...ain-crash-132831514.html Information suggests that the train was a diesel powered push-pull consist. Hoboken Station is end station for both diesel and electric trains on a number of lines (See NJ Transit route map (link above). I used to travel on NJ Transit when in NJ. Most of the time, we would transfer from NJT to PATH at Newark. Regards Mike C

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petestra		#2 Posted : 29 September 2016 18:47:08(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/07/2009(UTC) Posts: 5,824 Location: Leesburg,VA.USA		That's right, Mike. I'm a native NYer and the next stop would have been the Hudson River. Glad they didn't end up there. Too bad about the casualties. Peter.
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SteamNut		#3 Posted : 29 September 2016 22:06:37(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 11/05/2013(UTC) Posts: 488		My condolences to the families of the ones that were killed and best wishes and speedy recovery that were injured. I heard the engineer survived and the politicians are already putting blame on each other - Fred

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petestra		#4 Posted : 29 September 2016 22:09:47(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/07/2009(UTC) Posts: 5,824 Location: Leesburg,VA.USA		Originally Posted by: SteamNut My condolences to the families of the ones that were killed and best wishes and speedy recovery that were injured. I heard the engineer survived and the politicians are already putting blame on each other - Fred Not surprised about that fact at all, Fred. Next I'm waiting to hear that the driver was playing Pokemon on his phone? Peter
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analogmike		#5 Posted : 30 September 2016 03:17:22(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 02/08/2014(UTC) Posts: 739 Location: NEW JERSEY, USA		Pokeemon nuts gotta go. A while back I had to take my mother to the hospital at night. The pokeemon nuts invaded the area around the hospital causing traffic and such. Why can't they stay at home and play with trains like normal people Mikey
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SteamNut		#6 Posted : 30 September 2016 05:04:06(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 11/05/2013(UTC) Posts: 488		I remember when cell phones were analog, a bag phone was $1,200.00 and phone calls were $0.65 per minute in 1988. If phones were more expensive to use we would not all this distracted driving and other crap. But that is not to happen and everyone has to stay connected which I think, in one way, is actually is being disconnected with the real world.

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mike c		#7 Posted : 30 September 2016 08:17:50(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 28/11/2007(UTC) Posts: 7,890 Location: Montreal, QC		The GP40s are among NJ Transit's oldest locomotives. One or two of them were actually operated by AMT (Agence Metropolitaine du Transport) in Montreal commuter services for a few years. I don't know where those locomotives are today. They may have been returned to NJ after Hurricane Sandy as some NJT material was out of service for a while. Regards Mike C

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Minok		#8 Posted : 06 October 2016 21:44:10(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/10/2006(UTC) Posts: 2,311 Location: Washington, Pacific Northwest		So the locomotive was pushing the train into the station, not that this should have impacted the operator's ability to slow and stop the locomotive at the correct location. What surprised me a bit (so far) is that one of the data recorders was reported to be unusable - that the recorder didn't work. Well maybe it shouldn't be surprising - the rail governance and oversight in the US is somewhat slow and inept, only reacting once there is a tragedy. Its the American way. Eg, they don't replace a stop sign with a traffic signal at an intersection, until there have been a significant enough amount of accidents at the intersection.
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